Millers urged to reduce maize bran price

The Stock Feed Exporters and Importers Association of Zambia has called on millers in the country to reducethe price of maize bran.

Association Executive Director Elisha Chipeu said the high cost of themaize bran has necessitated the increase in the price of poultry feedwhich has subsequently pushed up the price of chickens in the country.

Mr. Chipeu told the Zambia New and Information Services (ZANIS) inLusaka today that traders have been left without choice but to raisethe price of chickens.

He said currently the maize bran costs K700 per tonne, the developmentthat has made the price of chicken to rise beyond the reach of manypeople.

Mr. Chipeu has since appealed to millers to instead reduce the priceof maize bran to between K600 and K630 per tonne.

He has meanwhile bemoaned the fluctuating price of maize.

He added that millers were exporting the commodity thereby creating ashortage in the country.